Word: fistedly
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...once, the Americans were modest. There was no showboating, no fist-pumping, no Shaq-like strutting. Landon Donovan, a wide-eyed U.S. midfielder whose centering pass miraculously ricocheted off of Portuguese defender Jorge Costa for an own goal, simply looked up, shook his head in wonderment and said, "I don't know, man. It was pretty incredible...
...town of Kent, south of Seattle. Like Ridgway--two years older and growing up nearby--Reichert spent his childhood playing in the fields and woods. His father worked in a warehouse, and the family was always short of money--but not discipline. "My father was the old iron German fist," says Reichert. "There was a lot of conflict there." But as the eldest of a large family, Reichert acted as peacemaker, pulling his siblings apart, confronting neighborhood bullies. "When I was 16, I remember my mother got into an argument with one of her friends. I went over and knocked...
...unit clad in the black face masks of suicide-bomber trainees, perform dances dedicated to Saddam's "pulse of life." Then an interminable line of marchers files through, maybe 10,000 strong, singing "Happy year to you, President Saddam Hussein, who brought victory to us." As a group of fist-waving farmers tramps past, one of its members, Abdullah, offers, "We volunteered to come to show how much we love our President...
...Israelis in Palestinian towns just as well as in Tel Aviv. Under the slabs of fallen masonry in Jenin is a new legend of martyrdom and heroism, one that will be used in years to come to stiffen the sinews of those who would fight against Israeli rule: mailed fist met by defiant resistance. Written in the twisted metal and crushed cinder block of Jenin is the new reality of an old conflict with no end in sight. This is how it happened...
...them to turn $350 million over to families because we pounded them,” he said, punching the air in front of him with a clenched fist...